World History Survey III:
Global Ideology, Trade, and Conflict, 1850-Present
History 106
Spring 2016. TR 10-11:20, Lillis 282, CRN: 32653
Professor Reuben Zahler
rczahler@uoregon.edu, 346-5907
Office: McKenzie 307
Office Hours:
F 10am-12pm
and by appointment
GRADUATE TEACHING FELLOWS (GTFs)
Office hours: Occur in McKenzie Hall, and are also available by appointment:
Zach Bigalke: T/R 12-1:30pm; McK 340J
Rachel Gerber: F 10-12, 2-3; Mck 340k
zbigalke@uoregon.edu, 346-6163
mailto:rgerber@uoregon.edu, 346-6168
Josh Fitzgerald: W 9-12, McK 350A
fitzger3@uoregon.edu, 346-8702
Jeff Whitaker M 3-4:30, F 12-130; McK 340U
jwhitake@uoregon.edu, 346-4827
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course will give particular attention to political-economic-social ideologies that
achieved international prominence, and the competition between these ideologies. We
will explore the rise of, and struggles between, such ideologies as republicanism,
classical liberalism, democracy, capitalism, racism, imperialism, nationalism,
communism, fascism, Islamism, and neo-liberalism. We will use these ideologies as our
primary lens of examination as we explore political, economic, and social developments
in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, the USSR, the Middle East, and elsewhere.
We will also investigate how radically different these ideologies are from traditional
cultures. Thus we will attempt to understand not only the meaning of capitalism, racism,
democracy, etc., but also how very alien they are to the “pre-modern” world. We will
investigate these issues through a combination of original and scholarly sources. Through
exploring the perspectives of numerous peoples (men and women, rich and poor, ethnic,
racial, and religious groups, etc.) we will attempt to understand the main issues that have
shaped the modern world.
READINGS
The following are available for purchase in the campus bookstore:
• Course Packet
• Patterns of World History, Volume Two. Editors, Peter von Sivers, Charles A.
Desnoyers, and George B. Stow. Oxford University Press: New York City, 2014.
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EVALUATIONS
Discussion Section Attendance/Participation
Reading (20%)
Quizzes:
Links:
Skeleton Papers (15%)
Skeleton 1
Skeleton 1 Draft 2
Skeleton 2
Paper (30%)
Skeleton:
Skeleton with meat:
Draft 1:
Draft 2:
Final Exam: Friday, June 10, 8am.
15%
10%
10%
5%
5%
5%
2%
3%
10%
10%
20%
See the bottom of the syllabus for a description and calendar of the assignments.
Quizzes will occur in your discussion section – there will be no makeup or late quizzes.
We will drop your lowest quiz score from your final grade. All other assignments (except
the exam), if submitted late, will lose points at a rate of 10 points/24 hours (see Course
Policies below).
Grading: Numbered scores correspond to letter grades as follows: Numbers in the 90s are
As, the 80s are Bs, the 70s are Cs, the 60s are Ds, and below 60 is an F. Plusses and
minuses work as follows: 80-82 = B-; 83-86 = B; 87-89 = B+. Any decimal below .5 gets
rounded down, any decimal of .5 or above gets rounded up. So 86.4 becomes 86, which is
a B; 86.5 becomes 87, which is a B+.
For a description of the what difference letter grades mean, see
http://history.uoregon.edu/undergraduate/
COURSE POLICIES
1. Attendance: You are expected to attend each class, to have finished the reading
assignment before class, and to participate in discussion.
2. Respect: Mutual respect and courtesy are necessary for the course to be a success. No
eating, talking, listening to music, or reading the newspaper in class.
a. Cell phones: Turn off your cell phones before class starts; Professor Zahler and
the GTFs have the right to answer any in-class calls or texts that you receive.
b. Computers: You may use a computer during class time for taking notes but not for
extraneous activities; computer users should sit in the front of the class.
3. Late assignments:
You will lose points on late assignments at a rate of 10pts/24-hours. You can get an
extension if you have a legitimate reason (e.g. health problems, a death in the
family, imprisonment, alien abduction, etc.). Legitimate reasons require
supporting evidence. Snowboarding on Mt. Bachelor is not a legitimate reason.
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Quizzes will occur in your discussion section. If you miss a quiz, we will not
administer late or make-up quizzes. We will drop your lowest quiz score from
your final grade.
4. You may not sell class notes to other students. You may not use Canvas for commercial
purposes or to advertise items for sale. Use of services that sell course notes is prohibited
because they contradict the educational purpose of this course.
ACADEMIC INTREGRITY:
Any work you submit must be your own and must be produced exclusively for this class
– plagiarism and cheating will not be tolerated. All ideas from other sources must be
properly cited. For the consequences of academic dishonesty, refer to the Schedule of
Classes published quarterly. Be aware that consequences for plagiarism or cheating can
include an F in the course, suspension, or expulsion. For further information on this
subject, as well as guidelines for proper citation, see the web sites:
Student Conduct Code for Academic Misconduct:
https://uodos.uoregon.edu/StudentConductandCommunityStandards.aspx
https://uodos.uoregon.edu/StudentConductandCommunityStandards/Acad
emicMisconductatUO.aspx
Plagiarism Guide for Students:
http://researchguides.uoregon.edu/citing-plagiarism
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
In this course, we will learn not only a body of historical information but also will refine
a set of intellectual skills that apply to any professional career path you will pursue. In
this course you can expect to learn:
• Major political, economic, and social trends of global history, from the midnineteenth century through the early twenty-first century.
• How to fit particular case studies (e.g., developments in Latin America or the
Middle East) to wider, global trends.
• How certain ideologies have affected global events and, conversely, how
economic, political, social, cultural, and religious trends have affected ideologies.
• Why certain features of the modern, developed world (e.g., the ideals of equality
and freedom, industrialized economies, representative government, a centralized
state, individualism, nationalism, secularism, etc.) can be highly disruptive to
traditional societies.
• How the discipline of history uses primary and secondary sources, and works with
inconsistent or contradictory evidence
• How to use critical questions and analysis of evidence to understand complex
situations
• Improved communication skills: how to write a clear essay with an evidencebased argument and (hopefully) how to answer/ask questions in public
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SCHEDULE
A brief note on the reading assignments:
• Complete readings before the class for which they are assigned, in the order listed.
• Look at the Readings Suggestions (Canvas>>Modules>>Course Documents)
before you start the weekly readings for background and context.
Reading Codes:
Readings in the syllabus will be marked as follows:
Textbook = Patterns of World History
[CP] = Course Packet
[IL] = Internet Link. Go Canvas >> Syllabus. Click on the appropriate IL
assignment in the syllabus, and this will link you to the reading.
Week 1: Republicanism and Nationalism
March 29: Introduction – Republicanism
March 31: Enlightenment and Nationalism
• Textbook: pp658-59; Chapter 22: “Patterns of Nation States…” (skim pp660-72,
read pp673-93)
April 1: Discussion
• [CP] John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, pp1-18
• [CP] Saint Simon, The New Christianity
Week 2: Industrialism, Neo-colonialism, and Communism
v April 4: Submit Skeleton 1 Draft 1
April 5: Industrialism
• Textbook: Chapter 26 (“Industrialism and its Discontents”)
April 7: Communism
• Textbook
o Source 26.1 (Dickens on Coketown)
o Source 26.3 (working conditions, children)
o Source 26.4 (Marx, Das Kapital. The commodification of the worker)
• [CP] Joseph and Henderson, eds., Porfirio Díaz Visits Yucatán (Mexico), 1909,
(pp Mexico Reader, pp273-84)
• [IL] Andrew Ure, The Philosophy of the Manufacturers, 1835
April 8: Discussion:
• [CP] Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto
W3: Nationalism and Racism
v April 11: Submit Skeleton 1 Draft 2
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April 12: Nationalism
• [CP] Imagined Communities: pp5-7, Ch 3, Ch 10
April 14: Racism
• [CP] Count Arthur de Gobineau, The Inequality of Human Races, (v-xiii, 36-43,
117-123, 205-212)
April 15: Discussion:
• [CP] Giuseppe Mazzini, Duties of Man (1860)
Ernest Renan, What is a Nation? (1882)
• [IL] Karl Pearson, "Social Darwinism: Imperialism Justified by Nature"
v Link 1 Due
Week 4: Imperialism
v April 18: Submit Skeleton 2
April 19:
• Chinua Achabe, Things Fall Apart, Chapters 1-14 (pp 3-135)
April 21:
• Things Fall Apart, Chapters 15-20 (pp 136-77)
April 23: Discussion Section:
• Things Fall Apart, Chapters 21-end (pp 178-209)
Week 5: World War I and its Aftermath
v April 25: Submit Paper Skeleton
April 26: WWI
• Textbook: pp854-55, Chapter 28 pp856-882
• [IL] Paul Valéry, On European Civilization, 1919, 1922
April 28: Inter-War years: The Rise of anti-Liberalism
• Fascism
o [CP] Benito Mussolini, “The Doctrine of Fascism,” 1932
o [CP] Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf (pp 61-65, 300-308, 378-407)
Apri 29: Discussion Section
• Soviet Union
o [CP] Mandelstam, Hope against Hope (33-38, 74-79)
o [IL] Stalin’s Purges, 1935
o [IL] Hymn to Stalin
v Reading Quiz (covers weeks 4-5)
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Week 6: WWII and its Aftermath
v May 2: Submit Paper Skeleton with Meat
May 3:
• Textbook pp882-93 (WWII)
• [IL] Japan in China: The Rape of Nanking, 1937
• [IL] The Holocaust:
o Account of a mass shooting of Jews
o Testimony of Rudolf Hoess, Commandant of Auschwitz (the largest of the
Nazi death camps), 1946
• [IL] America drops the atomic bomb
o Testimony 1, Testimony 2
May 5:
• Textbook: Ch 29
May 6: Discussion
• Textbook
o Source 29.1 (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948)
o Source 29.2 (Winston Churchill, “The Iron Curtain Speech,” 1946
• [IL] Stalin’s speech in response to Churchill, 1946
v Link 2 due
W7: Cold War, Rise of the Third World, and Anti-imperialism
v May 9: Submit Paper Draft 1
May 10:
• Textbook: Ch 30
May 12:
• [CP] Gilbert Rist, The History of Development (pp69-79)
• [CP] Born in Blood and Fire: Chapter 8
May 13: Discussion
• [CP] Che Guevara: “General Principles of Guerrilla Warfare”
• [CP] Born in Blood and Fire: Chapter 9
v Reading Quiz (covers week 7)
Week 8: Rise of Neo-Liberalism and the New World (Dis)Order
May 17:
• Textbook Ch 31
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May 19:
• [IL] What is neo-liberalism?
• [IL] Video: Milton Friedman against protectionism
• [IL] Video: Milton Friedman against government regulation of industry
May 20: Discussion:
• Textbook
o Source 31.4: Arundhati Roy, “Capitalism: A Ghost Story”
o Source 31.5: “UN Framework Convention on Climate Change”
v Link 3 Due
Week 9: Middle East: Post Colonialism and Nationalism
May 24: Western challenges in the Middle East (Up to WWII)
• Textbook: Ch 25, pp762-775; Ch 27, pp833-38; Ch 28, pp870-72
May 26: WWII through end of Cold War
• Textbook: Ch 29, pp913-917; Ch30, 952-54
• [CP] International History of the Twentieth Century, Chapter 18
May 27: Discussion Section
• [IL] Israeli Declaration of Independence, 1948
• [IL] The 1968 Charter of the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization)
• [IL] The Charter of Hamas, 1988
v Submit Paper Draft 2
Week 10: Middle East: Nationalism and Islamism
May 31
v Textbook ch 31 pp980-985
v Ayatollah Khomeini's Vision of Islamic Government
v Osama bin Laden, World Islamic Front Statement, 1998
Textbook
Source: 31.1: Osama Bin Laden
Source 31.3: “Mohamed Bouazizi triggers the Arab Spring”
June 2: Wrap Up and Review
June 3: Discussion Section:
v Reading quiz (covers weeks 9-10)
Final Exam: Friday, June 10, 8:00am, Location TBA
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Description of Evaluations
History 106, Spring 2016
LIST OF EVALUATIONS
1) Discussion Section Attendance/Participation
2) Quizzes
3) Links
4) Skeleton Papers
5) Paper
6) Final Exam
DESCRIPTION OF EVALUATIONS
Discussion Section Attendance/Participation
Each GTF will provide his/her own criteria for this evaluation.
Quizzes
Reading quizzes will occur in section. They will be multiple choice and will cover one or
two weeks of reading. There will be no make-ups or late quizzes. We will drop the
reading quiz with the lowest score from your final grade.
Links
I will post one or more paired sets of terms or quotes from the reading. Select a paired set
and write a paragraph that defines each term/quote and explains the historical connection
between the pair. Your answer could provide a series of events that link the terms and/or
an explanation of how the two terms represent similar historical phenomena (i.e.
economic change, rebellion, political conflict, foreign relations, etc.) Remember, you
must both define the terms in the pair (give the who, what, where, when for the term) and
explain the link between them.
Skeletons
A skeleton paper is a one-page assignment composed of the following four elements. The
first three elements (Topic, Research Question, Thesis) ideally should be just one
sentence each. The fourth element (Evidence) should be a few sentences.
1) Topic:
a) Explain what your paper is about.
b) The topic should be clear. Even if your topic is complex, it should be easy for the
reader to understand.
2) Research Question:
a) What would you like to learn, from the primary sources, about your topic?
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b) Your research should be guided by a question that interests you and that your
evidence (the primary sources) can illuminate. Very often, we have questions that
unfortunately our evidence cannot answer. In those instances, we need to modify
the question so that the evidence can provide some answers.
3) Thesis:
i) The thesis is a central argument that the paper will defend.
ii) Qualities of a good thesis:
(1) A thesis gives a paper direction and cohesion. Without a thesis, a paper
lacks form and meanders without a clear point.
(2) A thesis is an argument that furthers our understanding of a subject. A
thesis should not be a statement of fact – if the thesis merely states the
obvious, or if nobody would rationally disagree with the statement, it’s not
a thesis.
(3) The paper supports the thesis with evidence drawn from the primary
sources (not from the secondary sources).
(a) A summarization of lecture or secondary sources is not a thesis.
(b) A thesis must be supported by evidence. An opinion, unsupported by
evidence, is not a thesis.
(4) Make sure that you can defend the thesis with the limited evidence you
have. Therefore, the thesis should not be a grand, sweeping generalization
– you cannot defend a broad generalization with just one or two
documents.
4) Evidence:
a) Explain how the primary source(s) will answer your research question. Say which
primary sources you will use and what they contain that supports your thesis. You
must convince the reader that you can support your thesis with the evidence.
Paper
You will write one complete paper for the course. The paper will build through a series of
components. You will receive comments on each component, and a portion of the grade
for each component will depend on how well you integrate feedback on the previous
component. The components will be:
1) A skeleton
2) A skeleton with meat
a) The skeleton with an outline of each paragraph for the paper
3) Draft 1:
a) A complete draft of the paper (A skeleton with meat, skin, organs, immune
system, healthy microbiota, etc. – a fully developed organism)
4) Draft 2:
a) A revised draft of the paper (A fully developed organism that has been improved
through plastic surgery, physical therapy, psychological therapy, and a rigorous
college education).
Final Exam
The final exam will be comprehensive, based on both reading and lecture materials.
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SCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS
History 106, Spring 2016
Schedule patterns
Quizzes: in Discussion Section
Skeletons and paper components: due Mondays @ 12noon
Links: Due Friday @ 8am
Paper Draft 2: Due Friday @ 8am
Week 1: No submissions
Week 2:
v Monday, April 4, 12noon: Submit Skeleton 1 Draft 1
Week 3:
v Monday, April 11, 12noon: Submit Skeleton 1 Draft 2
v Friday, April 15, 8am: Submit Link 1
Week 4:
v Monday April 18, 12noon: Submit Skeleton 2
Week 5:
v Monday April 25, 12noon: Submit Paper Skeleton
• Friday, April 29: Reading quiz in Discussion Section
Week 6:
v Monday, May 2, 12noon: Submit Paper Skeleton with Meat
v Friday, May 6, 8am: Submit Link 2
Week 7:
v Monday, May 9, 12noon: Submit Paper Draft 1
• Friday, May 13: Reading quiz in Discussion Section
Week 8:
v Friday, May 20, 8am: Submit Link 3
Week 9:
v Friday, May 27, 8am: Submit Paper Draft 2
Week 10:
• Friday, May June 3: Reading quiz in Discussion Section
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